
Lynn Hamilton
Biography
Lynn Hamilton began her career in Chicago's community theater scene. At 29, she made her Broadway debut in 1959's Only in America and went on to appear in numerous Broadway and Off Broadway productions, while also taking her talents to the small screen with roles on the television series Gunsmoke and Room 222. One of her most memorable roles was as Donna Harris on NBC's Sanford and Son. She also starred as Miss Verdie on The Waltons, Vivian Potter on the daytime drama Generations, ex-con Cissie …
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Filmography
Acting (65)
Movies (21)
A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
2022as Self
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
2004as Self
Baby's Breath
2003as Dr. Oberholser
A Walton Easter
1997as Verdie Grant Foster
The Vanishing
1993as Miss Carmichael
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
1993as Verdie Grant Foster
Elvis and Me
1988as Hattie
Legal Eagles
1986as Doreen
The Jesse Owens Story
1984as Mamma Solomon
Leadbelly
1976as Sally Ledbetter
Hangup
1974as Mrs. Ramsey
The Marcus-Nelson Murders
1973as Arless Humes
A Dream for Christmas
1973as Sarah Douglas
Lady Sings the Blues
1972as Aunt Ida
Buck and the Preacher
1972as Sarah
Brother John
1971as Sarah
The Seven Minutes
1971as Avis
The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children
1970as Beatrice
The Learning Tree
1969as Funeral Attendee (uncredited)
Shadows
1960as Girl at Party
The New Girl
1960as Miss Thompson
Television (44)
Cold Case
2003as Mary Chisolm (2009)
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000as Wanda's Mom
Judging Amy
1999as Faye Benton
The Practice
1997as Judge P. Fulton
Sunset Beach
1997as Selita Jones
Port Charles
1997as Alice Morgan #2
Moesha
1996as Ruth Mitchell
Dangerous Minds
1996as Flora
Life's Work
1996as Mrs. Rader
Sister, Sister
1994as Mother Palmer
NYPD Blue
1993as Doris Becker
Dangerous Women
1991as Cissie Johnson
Sisters
1991as Alma Hayes
Generations
1989as Vivian Potter
Murphy Brown
1988as Woman #1
Amen
1986as Mrs. Phillips
The Golden Girls
1985as Trudy
227
1985as Emma Johnson
Highway to Heaven
1984as Mattie Taylor
Hunter
1984as Velma the Maid
Riptide
1984as Sarah Tolley
The New Leave It to Beaver
1984as Ms. Dash
Webster
1983as Mrs. Matthews
Knight Rider
1982as Susan Wade
The Powers of Matthew Star
1982as Judge Condon
Roots: The Next Generations
1979as Cousin Georgia Anderson
Roots: The Next Generations
1979as Cousin Georgia Anderson
Quincy, M.E.
1976as Mrs. Kellough
Starsky & Hutch
1975as Edith Dobey
The Rockford Files
1974as Eunice Charles Bingham
Good Times
1974as Mrs. Edwards
Barnaby Jones
1973as Laura Padget
The Waltons
1972as Verdie Grant Foster
ABC Afterschool Special
1972as Mrs. Ellis
Sanford and Son
1972as Donna Harris
Ghost Story
1972as The Attendant
Longstreet
1971as Mary Rose Carter
Room 222
1969as Mrs. Harris
The Bill Cosby Show
1969as Mrs. Carter
Then Came Bronson
1969as Maybelle Giles
Hawaii Five-O
1968as Mae
Ironside
1967as Mrs. Johnson
Mannix
1967as Eve Chancellor
Gunsmoke
1955as Reba
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